No wonder Russ Feingold is lying to the public about Ron Johnson being "willing to hand over the Great Lakes to the oil companies."
Check out the results from this Rasmussen poll:
Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold and his chief Republican challenger Ron Johnson remain locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Wisconsin finds Johnson with 47% support, while the Democrat earns 46% of the vote. Two percent (2%) like some other candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided.
This is the third straight month with Feingold attracting 46% of the vote and all three months have shown a close race. A month ago, Johnson had 45%. Two months ago, Johnson was at 44%.
More intersting results from the latest poll:
Feingold captures more than 90% of the Democratic voter against either Republican. Johnson picks up 93% of the GOP vote, while Westlake earns 75% support in his own party. Voters not affiliated with either party prefer Johnson by 16 points but break even if Westlake is the Republican in the race.
Only eight percent (8%) of all Wisconsin voters rate the U.S. economy as good or excellent, while nearly half (49%) describe it as poor. Thirty-two percent (32%) say the economy is getting better, but 41% think it is getting worse.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) say the country is in a recession.
...[J]ust 27% in Wisconsin think the stimulus plan created new jobs. Fifty-six percent (56%) disagree and say no new jobs were created by the spending.
Sixty-one percent (61%) say cutting taxes is a better way than increased government spending to create jobs. Only 18% think increased spending is a better idea.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Wisconsin voters favor repeal of the new national health care plan, while 40% oppose repeal. This is in line with voter sentiments nationally. The findings in Wisconsin include 42% who Strongly Favor repeal and 28% who Strongly Oppose it.
...Most Wisconsin voters (56%) favor passage of a law like Arizona's in their state, but 33% oppose such a law. Fifty-eight percent (58%) support a welcoming immigration policy that excludes only national security threats, criminals and those who come here to live off the U.S. welfare system, but 25% oppose a policy like that.
...Forty-nine percent (49%) of voters in the state approve of President Obama's job performance. Fifty percent (50%) disapprove.
2 comments:
Ron Johnson is a really good guy. His son and mine were in high school together, and while I'm not a close friend of the family, I know them well. He is extraordinarily generous with his time and money, and has been for years. He is an American success story, starting with little, and building a great business. I had no idea until this Senate run that he had the kind of money he has. I knew they were fairly well off, because he was always so generous to various charities and lived in a pretty nice house on the lake. But they never acted like rich people, AT ALL....just down to earth, generous, kind, good parents and friends. I couldn't believe it when he made the decision to run against Russ Feingold, because he knows how they will dig for dirt on him. The will not find anything, so they will resort to straw-grasping, like this mild hubbub about Great Lakes drilling, and his involvement with bringing a somewhat controversial speaker before an education group he was part of. Libs on the Huffington Post talked about that a bit, but the story died. I hope and pray for the sake of the Johnson family that this is as bad as the controversy gets, but I know it won't, and when it gets really nasty, he will make national news. I think he can handle it, and with these early poll results, I'm starting to think he might have a chance to win. Wisconsin is mostly a conservative state, and yet we have two Dem Senators. It's time for a change! And I finally have some HOPE that it will happen. Let's co-opt that phrase for our side.
I agree. Ron Johnson is the hope and change candidate, certainly not Feingold.
I think Wisconsinites get it.
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